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Epididimite aguda

Last reviewed: 20 Aug 2025
Last updated: 14 May 2025

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • idade >19 anos
  • dor escrotal unilateral e edema de início gradual
  • sintomas com duração <6 semanas
  • sensibilidade
  • hemiescroto quente, eritematoso e edemaciado
  • micção frequente e dolorosa
  • secreção uretral purulenta
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Other diagnostic factors

  • pirexia
  • edema flutuante ou induração do tecido escrotal
  • próstata aumentada ou sensível à palpação
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Risk factors

  • relação sexual sem proteção
  • obstrução do fluxo de saída da bexiga
  • intervenção do trato urinário
  • imunossupressão
  • vasculite
  • amiodarona
  • parotidite
  • exposição à tuberculose (TB)
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Diagnostic investigations

1st investigations to order

  • coloração de Gram de secreções uretrais
  • exame de urina com tira reagente
  • microscopia da urina
  • urocultura
  • teste de amplificação de ácido nucleico (NAAT) das secreções uretrais ou do primeiro jato de urina para Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae e Mycoplasma genitalium
  • cultura de secreções uretrais
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Investigations to consider

  • ultrassonografia Doppler-duplex colorido escrotal
  • exploração cirúrgica
  • 3 amostras de urina matinais para coloração para bacilos álcool-ácido resistentes, cultura e NAAT para Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • teste de HIV
  • Teste de sífilis
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

infecção bacteriana

induzido por amiodarona

vasculite subjacente

idiopática ou viral

tuberculosa

Contributors

Authors

Ameeta E. Singh, BMBS(UK), MSc, FRCPC, FIDSA

Clinical Professor

Division of Infectious Diseases

University of Alberta

Edmonton

Canada

Disclosures

AES declares that she has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Ameeta E. Singh would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Hossein Sadeghi-Nejad, Dr Lorenzo DiGiorgio, Dr Mary Garthwaite, and Dr Ian Eardley, previous contributors to this topic.

Disclosures

HSN, LDG, and MG declare that they have no competing interests. IE is a consultant to Pfizer, Lilly, and Sanofi. He is a speaker for Lilly.

Peer reviewers

Sheldon Morris, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Division of Infectious Diseases

Department of Medicine

UCSD Antiviral Research Center

Division of Family Medicine

Department of Family and Preventive Medicine

UCSD La Jolla Family and Sports Medicine

San Diego

CA

გაფრთხილება:

SM has received research funding support from NIH CHRP, CIRM, and Gilead Sciences. He has financial interests in Impact Biomedicines (now Celgene) and Forty Seven Inc. There is no conflict between these financial interests and any content in this topic.

Altaf Mangera, MBChB (Hons), MD, FRCS (Urol), FEBU

Consultant Urologist

Department of Urology

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Sheffield

UK

გაფრთხილება:

AM declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewer acknowledgements

BMJ Best Practice topics are updated on a rolling basis in line with developments in evidence and guidance. The peer reviewers listed here have reviewed the content at least once during the history of the topic.

Disclosures

Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.

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ძირითადი სტატიები

Chirwa M, Davies O, Castelino S, et al. United Kingdom British association for sexual health and HIV national guideline for the management of epididymo-orchitis, 2020. Int J STD AIDS. 2021 Sep;32(10):884-95.სრული ტექსტი  აბსტრაქტი

American College of Radiology. ACR appropriateness criteria: acute onset of scrotal pain - without trauma, without antecedent mass. 2024 [internet publication].სრული ტექსტი

Workowski KA, Bachmann LH, Chan PA, et al. Sexually transmitted infections treatment guidelines, 2021. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2021 Jul 23;70(4):1-187.სრული ტექსტი  აბსტრაქტი

Street EJ, Justice ED, Kopa Z, et al. The 2016 European guideline on the management of epididymo-orchitis. Int J STD AIDS. 2017 Jul;28(8):744-9. აბსტრაქტი

European Association of Urology. Guidelines on urological infections. Mar 2022 [internet publication].სრული ტექსტი

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